Barlow's End

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Barlow's End
System Information
X:Y Coordinates304.49 : 63.02[e]

The Barlow's End system was the location of at least one habitable world or construct and as at 3145 was the Prefecture capital of the Barlow's End Prefecture of the New Samarkand Military District within the Draconis Combine.[1][2]

System Description

The Barlow's End system lies close to the Tishomingo and Udibi systems.[1][2]

System History

The Barlow's End system was colonised during the First Exodus from Terra,[3] and by the end of the Age of War had been incorporated into the Federated Suns.[4]

The planet's capital city is a sprawling mega-city covering 16,000 square kilometers called Rough Patch. It is a dense network of tunnels and habitation domes. Many of these domes were built prior to the completion of the terraforming process. However, even when the planet was deemed fully habitable, the city continued to grow underground to protect its inhabitants against the solar flares from the system's sun. Despite the flares, the world was originally colonized for the massive germanium and iridium deposits found on world. Rough Patch is built on top of those first mining sites.[5]

Thanks to terraforming, the planet Barlow's End is now habitable, with a breathable atmosphere and wooded areas. Notable locations include the Shaw district; the Landova sector, where a principal highway heads south from the city, turns west and crosses the Shaw River Valley over a flood control dam; the Shaw River (which is completely dry at certain times in the year); the densely wooded Renbourn Forestry Reserve; and Millon's Wood.[6]

The Achernar Proving Grounds, a military facility conducting research and/or manufacture, are located in Landova.[7]

Political Affiliation

Military Deployment

2764

2765

2786

  • Fifteenth Robinson Chevaliers[50]

2821

3038-3040

3050

  • Simonson's Cutthroats[53]

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Udibi 13.4 Tishomingo 20.2 Nouveau Toulouse 20.3 Cassias 21.4
Glenmora 21.6 Thestria 21.7 Fairfield 23.3 Oldsmith 25.7
Elidere IV 27.7 Swales 28.2 McGehee 28.4 Choudrant 32.3
Rowe 32.4 Huan 35.1 Tallmadge 35.5 Misery 37.4
Turkalia 37.8 Sun Prairie 39.9 Sakhara V 40.2 Bergman's Planet 40.3
Damevang 41.1 Benet III 41.9 Périgueux 42.8 Harrow's Sun 43.4
Avranches 44.2 An Ting 46.9 Hoff 48.2 Dahar IV 49.7
Waunakee 49.8 New Aberdeen 49.9 Colia 53.1 Igualada 53.1
Crossing 53.6 Bettendorf 54.3 Capra 55.8 Goldlure 57.4
Fairfax 58.3

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map
  4. 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  5. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 61, "59th Infantry Division"
  6. Wolves on the Border, chapter 20 (p. 139)
  7. Wolves on the Border, p. 138
  8. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  9. Historical: Reunification War, p. 106, "Reunification War: Outworlds Alliance Front Deployments (2581)"
  10. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596]" Map
  11. Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  12. Field Manual: SLDF, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  13. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  14. Field Report 2765: Federated Suns, p. 29, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  15. Field Report 2765: Draconis Combine, p. 25, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"
  16. First Succession War (Source Book), p. 24, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  17. Handbook: House Davion, p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  18. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  19. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  20. First Succession War (Source Book), p. 112, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  21. Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  22. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  23. House Davion (The Federated Suns), "Federated Suns - [3025] Map"
  24. Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  25. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
  26. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  27. Handbook: House Davion, p. 71, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  28. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  29. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  30. Handbook: House Davion, p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"
  31. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  32. Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  33. Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  34. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
  35. Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  36. ">Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  37. Era Report: 3062, p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
  38. Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  39. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  40. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  41. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  42. Field Report: AFFS, p. 21, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  43. Field Report: DCMS, p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  44. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  45. Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  46. Map of the Inner Sphere, 3130
  47. Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  48. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 252, "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"
  49. Field Report 2765: Federated Suns, p. 17, "Regimental Status"
  50. 50.0 50.1 First Succession War (Source Book), p. 135, "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"
  51. First Succession War (Source Book), p. 134, "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"
  52. Historical: War of 3039, p. 141, "Deployment Table"
  53. 20 Year Update, p. 19, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"

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